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the Vestry had now come to a contrary decision without communicating
with the Board, and also asking what would be the position
of the matter if the Board declined to request the Council to carry
out the work.
The Council replied on the 20th November last, that as the
Board and the Mile End Vestry did not appear to bie in agreement
as to the course to be pursued, the Improvements Committee had
resolved to recommend the Council to undertake the work. It was
then resolved that the Board reply to the Council in these terms:—
That there was a direct agreement made between the Mile End
Wary and this Board that thr Improvement should lie carried out
by the Board and the Vestry jointly at a cost of from £4,000 to £5,000
as estimated by the Surveyors of the Board and the Vestry and
approved by those bodies, and that in the event of the Council
carrying out the work without the consent of the Hoard, the Board
would ignore all liability in the matter, and a copy of such letter
to the Council was forwarded to Messrs. I'earce and Leon, the
members foe Limehouse.
Messrs. Pearce and Leon wrote on the 4th December, stating
that the London County Council had adjourned the question until the
10th inst., in the hope that the opportunity might be used by the
Board and the Vestry for coming to an agreement. It was resolved
that as a matter of urgency the Chairman of the Board and the
Chairman of Works, Sanitary, and Finance Committees,
together with Mr. Smith, he appointed a Committee to deal with
the matter in the event of any further development taking place
before the next meeting and that the Mile End Vestry be at once
informed of the course adopted by the Board.
The thanks of the Board were at the same time accorded to
Mr. I'earce and Mr. Leon for their services in obtaining the postponement
of the question by the London County Council.
On the 18th December a letter was received from the Mile End
Vestry stating that they adhered to their previous resolutions upon
this subject.